It was a mob attack on a group of individuals who quite frankly were unable to defend themselves against the ferocity of the attack

Prosecution's Brian Stork

He turned on 18-year-olds Grace Cochran and Serena Burton at a petrol station after they refused to get in a car, it was said.

The star, 25, then allegedly spat in the face of David Jenkins as he tried to defend the girls at the Shell garage in Guildford, Surrey, in the early hours of February 28 last year.

Rugby player Mr Jenkins, who is in his early 20s, avoided a punch thrown by the singer before wrestling him into a headlock, the town’s crown court heard.

But Dappy was joined by up to eight others, including Kieran Vassell and Alfred Miller, who launched a “mob attack” on Mr Jenkins and his friends Oliver Billson and Christopher Gibson.

Vassell, 25, and Miller, 28, arrived in a silver Mercedes, while a third pal of Dappy, Kalonji Stewart, 32, joined the alleged fray from the filling station’s shop, the court was told.

Brian Stork, prosecuting, said: “It was a mob attack on a group of individuals who quite frankly were unable to defend themselves against the ferocity of the attack.”

Mr Jenkins lost a number of teeth. Dappy, real name Costadinos Contostavlos, is also accused of spitting at Miss Cochran and Miss Burton, calling them “sluts” and branding one of them an “ugly c***”.

Mr Stork told the jury: “It’s a vile and disgusting act at the best of times, but if this is an attempt by somebody, who has just been turned down, to demonstrate that those girls are somewhat beneath him or that he is not interested, then not only is it offensive but it is assault.”